Original compositions and arrangements from bassist and composer Eli Hansen.
Ben Harris alto saxophone
Luke Turner tenor saxophone
Delos Erickson keys
Eli Hansen bass
Nik Barber drums
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | $25
Eli Hansen is an upright and electric bassist, synthesist, audio engineer and educator from Roseburg, Oregon. He recently received a master's degree from the Jazz Studies program at the University of Oregon and is an active member of the Pacific Northwest music scene. After completing his undergraduate degree and winning outstanding jazz performer in the area, he was awarded a graduate teaching fellow position in the jazz and popular music areas. From 2023-25, he was a teaching assistant, jazz and popular ensemble director, and instructor of electric bass for the popular music area at the University of Oregon. He currently serves as an instructor of music at Umpqua and Linn Benton Community College in Roseburg and Albany, respectively.
As a freelance musician and composer, he has worked with artists such as Julia Logue, Neil Gregory Johnson, Joe Manis, Roger Woods, Ehren Ebbage, Nick Gamer, Golden Boy, Braxton Cook, BendreTheGiant, and The Graduating Class. Additionally, he has been featured in groups such as the University of Oregon Wind Ensemble, the Oregon Jazz Ensemble, JazzArts Oregon, and the Eugene Concert Choir.
Hansen has studied classical and jazz bass with Tyler Abbott, and he has studied jazz composition with Keith Brown, Paul Krueger, and Steve Owen. He has studied briefly and/or participated in master classes with Remy LeBoeuf, Braxton Cook, Adam Larson, Dezron Douglas, and Stefon Harris.
Originally from San Jose, CA, Ben Harris attends the University of Oregon, where he received his Bachelor’s of Jazz Studies in 2023. While at the university Ben has studied with Idit Shner, Steve Owen, Joe Manis, and Keith Brown, as well as Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington on flute. As a member of the Oregon Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Arts Oregon, UO’s top large ensemble and combo respectively, Ben has been fortunate to perform alongside Omar Thomas and Braxton Cook, among others.
Ben returned to the University of Oregon in the fall of 2023 as a graduate employee, fulfilling teaching duties in the jazz department while earning a Master’s in Jazz Studies. In the winter of 2024 Ben was invited to compete in the North American Saxophone Alliance Jazz Competition during NASA’s biennial national conference. After competing live in Stillwater, Oklahoma against college students across North America, Ben placed as a semi-finalist. Later that summer of 2024 Ben was invited to the Carinthian International Jazz Award, a worldwide competition drawing from saxophonists under the age of 26. After competing live in Arnoldstein, Austria, Ben was awarded second place.
Luke Turner is a saxophonist, composer, instructor, and bandleader from Eugene, OR. He currently attends the University of Oregon’s Jazz Studies program, and is a growing presence in the area’s music scene. For several years, he’s had a complete love for music, and brings a heavy influence from the jazz idiom. He strives to show his appreciation for those who have made the music what it is today, while also bringing his own conglomeration of sounds to the table. While being an active performer in the area, he also teaches private saxophone lessons.
Originally from Vancouver, WA, drummer Nikolas Barber has become an integral force in the Eugene OR music scene. Currently playing in some of the Willamette Valley’s best up and coming acts, Barber has imprinted his own propelling, colorful, and versatile sound upon the groups he plays with. Nik first started playing the drums shortly after his older brother Aaron began playing guitar when the boys were both children. Over the span of Nik’s childhood, he became heavily engrossed in the emotive qualities of beat-oriented music, with some of his earliest inspirations being Metallica and The Beatles. While growing up in Vancouver WA, Nik attended the Vancouver School of Arts and Academics, where he got to closely study Jazz and Big Band style drumming. It was during these formative years that Nik discovered his love for Jazz music, soon rising to the highest level Jazz Band in the school. During High School, Nik would go on several regional tours with the Youth Rnb/Soul Band “Heatwave” out of Palm Springs, CA. In 2016, Nik was awarded the prestigious “Shape of Jazz to Come” Award, as well as the “Eli M. and Ruthe Nadel” Scholarship from the Stanford Jazz Workshop.
In the summer of 2017, Nik relocated to Eugene OR to attend the University of Oregon’s Jazz Studies program. While in college, Nik studied with renowned Pacific Northwest Drummer Gary Hobbs, and has been a part of the Oregon Jazz Ensemble. It is with this group that Nik toured internationally, performing at the Umbria, Vienne, and Montreux Jazz Festivals. Nik is also a part of the dream-rock collective Laundry, who has opened for artists such as Mild High Club, Ritt Momney, The Backseat Lovers, and Winona Forever. Laundry has amassed over 2.5 Million listens on Spotify, as well as regularly maintains 30,000 monthly listeners. Laundry’s latest album “Movie Star” was released in 2021. In addition to Laundry, Nik is also part of the indie/songwriter group Golden Boy, Blues band Inner Limits, synth duo PoiKilo, and has toured with the Swing Revival Band Cherry Poppin’ Daddies.
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